Stick on, decal or transfer GNR markings were NEVER used during WW2, they were all painted using stencils! The Italian National Republican Guard (Guardia Nazionale Repubblicana, or GNR) was a gendarmerie force of the Italian Social Republic created by decree on December 8, 1943, replacing the Carabinieri and the National Security Volunteer Militia (MVSN), or BlackShirts.